News Headlines - 16 March 2015

▽BBC News - US tycoon Robert Durst 'didn't mean' confession, lawyers say

A lawyer for an American millionaire accused of murder says his client is innocent and is ready to stand trial.
Robert Durst was recorded saying in private that he had "killed them all", in a documentary about his connections to three unsolved deaths.

▽Oil Is Getting Slammed Again, and Falling to Its Lowest Level in Years - Bloomberg Business

Oil has taken another big tumble. The price of a barrel has dropped more than 4 percent, to a six-year low, dipping slightly below $43 per barrel.

▽BBC News - Cyril Smith child abuse probe 'scrapped after his arrest'

An undercover police operation that gathered evidence of child abuse by Cyril Smith and other public figures was scrapped shortly after the MP was arrested, BBC Newsnight has been told.

▽McDonald’s U.S. workers file complaints over burns | Toronto Star

McDonald’s workers in 19 U.S. cities have filed complaints over burns from popping grease, a lack of protective equipment and other workplace hazards, according to labour organizers.

▽BBC News - Richard III's remains sealed inside coffin at Leicester University

Richard III's remains have been sealed inside a coffin for the first time since his death more than five centuries ago.
The former king's skeleton was found buried under a car park - the site of a former chapel - in Leicester in 2012.